Cartorhynchus lenticarpus Kronosaurus Caribbean monk seal

Caribbean monk seal

Recent studies and phylogenetic revisions published in the last decade position it as a key taxon for understanding how the elaborate cranial structures that characterize the more derived ceratopsians of the Late Campanian arose

The exact reasons for their extinction are not entirely clear

Este ramforrinco tenía una envergadura aproximada de 1

A medida que el Pleistoceno llegaba a su fin y las condiciones del clima cambiaban

Cartorhynchus lenticarpus Kronosaurus Caribbean monk sealCartorhynchus lenticarpus is an extinct species of primitive marine reptile belonging to the Ichthyosauriformes clade, recognized as one of the most basal representatives of this group that would later give rise to the classic ichthyosaurs of the Mesozoic. Its only known specimen was formally described by Ryosuke Motani and colleagues in 2014 from a nearly complete skeleton found in the Nanlinghu Formation , near Chaohu, Anhui Province (China) , and